Where to Watch Birds
Mary River Wilderness Retreat
Mary River Wilderness Retreat is a on the right hand side of Arnhem Highway immediately past the Mary River. The owners maintain a very clean and welcoming resort, with cabins, camping facilities, pool and dining room. They are 'birder friendly' and have established two excellent walks for their guests. Boat cruises on the Mary River are also available. Click here to see their website.
The resort is very close to Bird Billabong and 35 kilometres from Kakadu. We stay here on many of our tours through the year.
Species seen here recently
Birds ( 64 )
Radjah Shelduck
Tadorna radjah
Peaceful Dove
Geopelia striata
Bar-shouldered Dove
Geopelia humeralis
Australasian Darter
Anhinga novaehollandiae
Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos
Black-necked Stork
Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus
Eastern Great Egret
Ardea modesta
Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
Great-billed Heron
Ardea sumatrana
Australian White Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
Straw-necked Ibis
Threskiornis spinicollis
Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Grey Goshawk
Accipiter novaehollandiae
Nankeen Kestrel
Falco cenchroides
Bush Stone-curlew
Burhinus grallarius
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
Calyptorhynchus banksii
Galah
Eolophus roseicapillus
Little Corella
Cacatua sanguinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Cacatua galerita
Red-collared Lorikeet
Trichoglossus rubritorquis
Red-winged Parrot
Aprosmictus erythropterus
Pheasant Coucal
Centropus phasianinus
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Scythrops novaehollandiae
Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis variolosus
Barking Owl
Ninox connivens
Azure Kingfisher
Ceyx azureus
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii
Forest Kingfisher
Todiramphus macleayii
Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus
Rainbow Bee-eater
Merops ornatus
Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
Great Bowerbird
Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
Weebill
Smicrornis brevirostris
Green-backed Gerygone
Gerygone chloronota
White-gaped Honeyeater
Lichenostomus unicolor
Dusky Honeyeater
Myzomela obscura
Banded Honeyeater
Cissomela pectoralis
White-throated Honeyeater
Melithreptus albogularis
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Entomyzon cyanotis
Silver-crowned Friarbird
Philemon argenticeps
Little Friarbird
Philemon citreogularis
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina papuensis
Varied Triller
Lalage leucomela
Grey Whistler
Pachycephala simplex
Australasian Figbird
Sphecotheres vieilloti
Yellow Oriole
Oriolus flavocinctus
White-breasted Woodswallow
Artamus leucorynchus
Little Woodswallow
Artamus minor
Spangled Drongo
Dicrurus bracteatus
Arafura Fantail
Rhipidura dryas
Northern Fantail
Rhipidura rufiventris
Torresian Crow
Corvus orru
Broad-billed Flycatcher
Myiagra ruficollis
Leaden Flycatcher
Myiagra rubecula
Shining Flycatcher
Myiagra alecto
10Paperbark Flycatcher
Myiagra nana
Magpie-lark
Grallina cyanoleuca
Lemon-bellied Flyrobin
Microeca flavigaster
Tree Martin
Petrochelidon
nigricans
Mistletoebird
Dicaeum hirundinaceum
Double-barred Finch
Taeniopygia bichenovii
Crimson Finch
Neochmia phaeton
Butterflies ( 4 )
Lined Grass-yellow
Eurema laeta
Spotted Rustic
Phalanta phalantha
Varied Eggfly
Hypolymnus bolina
Common Crow
Euploea core
Mammals ( 1 )
Agile Wallaby
Macropus agilus
Reptiles ( 1 )
Estuarine Crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
